5: S3E05 – “The Subtle Art of Deception” – The Simply Scary Podcast

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is a horror fiction anthology podcast, with each weekly episode featuring several creepy tales from talented authors, brought to life by professional voice actors, and accompanied by SFX and music.

In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of authors Jim Harberson, Increase Mather, and Martin Hrehor, about the dark side of the Internet and the all-too-real dangers of revenge gone viral, a family's discovery - while digging out an old well - that there are much worse things to fear than dying of thirst, and a man's discovery of the horrifying truth about why we never returned to the Moon. See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/the-simply-scary-podcast/3x05/

In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of authors Jackson Laughlin, Wynne F. Winters, Zamil Akhtar, and Pen_Phantom13, with tales concerning bad news, messages from beyond the grave, sinister secrets, the not-so-delusion last words of a dying man, and the unusual lengths a man goes to in order to win someone's affection. See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, he...

In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of author Jake Tri. In honor of our production of the audio edition of Jake’s chilling collection, Nightmare Soup II: The Second Helping, performed by the one and only G.M. Danielson, tonight we bring to life five of Jake’s most terrifying tales, from both his first and second books in his series. If you enjoy what you hear tonight, please show your support for both indie horror and the aut...

In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we bring you four terrifying tales, from authors P. Oxford, Meagan J. Meehan, Phil Zona, and Patrick Zac, concerning unsavory smells, unusual pets, suspicious spouses, and sins that cannot be concealed. See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/the-simply-scary-podcast/3x02/...

In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we bring you four terrifying tales, from authors Tobias Wade, Michael Squid, Pen_Phantom13, and Phoenext85, concerning scorned lovers, broadcast glitches, unwelcome visitors, and unsettling secrets beneath our feet. See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/the-simply-scary-podcast/3x01/...

This episode we will bring you the stories of author Peter Lalush. This North Carolina native is not only an author and musician, but a filmmaker as well, steeped in the lore of the notoriously haunted region. Lalush draws his inspiration from that very same lore, as well as from his own supernatural experiences, in order to craft an ultra dark reality. Prepare yourselves as we stare into the nightmare dimension of Peter Lalush and discover that “The Abyss Stares Back." See full episode details, including c...

Tonight’s episode is our third in a series of episodes dedicated to one terrifying author and the fear that they can create. We will be highlighting The Simply Scary Podcast’s staff editor/author, Charlie Davenport, for our feast of fright. His stories will tickle the corners of your minds with horrors that will seem as familiar as they are unsettling. Davenport's anguished anecdotes will show us the dangers of being considered, “One of Our Own." See full episode details, including credits and more informat...

Meagan Meehan is our author for this episode, and it is her birthday, so the Simply Scary Podcast crew of malevolent miscreants have a special delivery for her special day. They will attempt to extract the most fearsome stories she has stored in her terrifying imagination. Join us we explore the Meagan’s mind, as only we can, in this very special on the road episode, “Monsters and Mayhem.” See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http:...

This episode will see the first in a series of episodes dedicated to one terrifying author and the fear that they can create. For this evening’s event, we have compiled a collection of stories from the works of Manchester-based author, Gareth Shore. For you, this Ray Bradbury-inspired wordsmith will unfold dark horizons guaranteed to threaten your slumber. His tormented tomes will provide evidence that, without a shadow of a doubt, “All’s Well That Ends.” See full episode details, including credits and more...

In our continuing effort to spotlight up and coming authors, this episode is dedicated to works introducing you to the frightening worlds of author Cosmas McCoy. His work has been featured in print as part of the anthology “What World Is This?: And Other Stories”. In addition, he has written screenplays for horror films. This studying Catholic priest takes time from his higher works in America’s Northeastern corridor to delve into the dark world of the imagination to unleash upon us the fruits of his haunti...

This shows offering brings together the essence of all definitions of the word passion. More importantly, passion as defined by the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces. Let us see how these forces touch our waking world to transform it into a nightmare reality, otherwise known as our "Passion Plays." See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/episodes/s2/2x08...

In the world of concrete facts and hard evidence, we are constantly on the lookout for those who would use the art of distraction to keep our attention on the left hand, so we won’t notice what the right hand is doing. This is not to say that the world does not have its mysteries, but we must recognize that for most instances, there is a perfectly rational explanation… or is there? Our stories will shine a light on that very question as we explore how easy it is for dark forces to manipulate the naive with ...

We dedicate this presentation to the work of author William Dalphin. Not since Stephen King’s “Night Shift” have we seen a short story anthology with as much bite as this Indiana native’s generous compilation of 35 harrowing nightmares in his book, “Don’t Look Away”, soon to be available on Amazon.com! We have worked directly with the author to choose some of the most tantalizingly of his terrifying tomes from his shriek-inducing collection to adapt for you, in order that you might experience his nightmares...

We come together once again to traverse the deep dungeons of our story vault and we have compiled for you a collection of frightening stories that would be right at home on a Hollywood horror stage as well as on the casting couches of the soulless realm that is Tinsel Town. Join us as we take a behind the scenes look at death from a different angle. Ready your 3-D glasses and let the cameras roll as we explore our audible version of “Film Noir." See full episode details, including credits and more informati...

In this episode, we share with you how scarring certain coming-of-age experiences can be, tapping into the hidden horrors of adolescent anxiety, which promises to shatter your own dear recollections. In doing so, the mirrors of your mind's eyes shall become a portal to your long-suppressed and darkest of (not-so-fond) memories. Make way for this truly terrifying installment, as we explore “Through a Glass Darkly.” See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors an...

Collectively etched into our psyche is the fear of the comet and doom from above, while the shadowy reflections of our mind wonder if the world we inhabit is as real as our five senses lead us to believe. Our guilty consciences secretly fear judgment while nature’s signs portend doom from below. Top that off with the fear of an overreaching authority that may not be trustworthy in fully disclosing facts, and you have a hearty recipe for horror - Simply Scary style! For this collection of creepiness, it is o...

In this episode we have assembled this convocation to undergo an expedition of haunting proportions, for we are summoning and being summoned. Prophetic perception taps into a realm that drips with malignant spirits and death is everywhere. Our tales promise to besiege you with consternation, so beware of this episode’ "Entities and Visions." See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/episodes/s2/2x02...

They say that sometimes the most frightening things are those that you cannot see. And from our horrifying experiences, you’ve become very familiar with how effective unsettling sounds can be. You know how a deep rumbling unsettles your tummy and your soul; how an almost silent whisper blowing by your ear sends your courage deep into hiding; how both the scurrying of claws on a hard surface and the bellowing of a demonic entity turn the spine to jelly. So for our opening episode of the second season of The ...

Due to extenuating circumstances, the Season 2 premiere of The Simply Scary Podcast will be delayed until 1/18/17\. To tide you over, we offer up this smorgasbord to terrorize your palate. Join The Other Half as he takes you on a dark journey into the mind of Associate Producer Ronnie Dickison. He has collected 5 of the most disturbing tales from Ronnie’s catalog to offer you here....

We want to thank you for making the first season of The Simply Scary Podcast so very successful, and we hope the beginning of our second season will unsettle you just as well. We are scheduled to premiere Season 2 on January 11th, 2017\. Until then, we would like to present you with this mini episode to make sure you are properly hungry for our premiere. See full episode details, including credits and more information about the featured authors and performers, here: http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/episode...

As the stockings are hung, the Hanukkah candles are lit, and as we practice the seven principles of Kwanzaa, we all try to be a little less impatient and more forgiving at this time of year. Even those who do not celebrate ritual December holidays seem to have a glow about them as the Gregorian calendar approaches the zero hour. We here at The Simply Scary Podcast are no different, in that we feel the spirits of Christmas as we prepare you for Yuletide scares. So settle your debts and fill a cup with the no...

Prepare yourself to experience a world where wrong is right. Where the twisted perception of those descending into cognizant chaos strikes out at the realm of the rational with oblivious ecstasy. Delusion drives their single-mindedness. They can be so driven that they’ll overcome any obstacle and ignore any information contrary to their understanding. Ever increasing paranoia pushes them further into the abyss and evil is projected onto enigmatic situations, all in an effort to cement their righteousness. T...

We have come to be comfortable in the world we see around us, but often we take for granted the realm of logic we occupy. That is why a reality of the impossible can be so utterly disturbing to us. Whether perceived as bland or boring, we securely blanket ourselves in the safe, common knowledge that right is right, up is up, and things that are inanimate are just that… Join us, won’t you, as we reveal the unimaginable landscape of "Twisted Worlds." See full episode details, including credits and more inform...

The dark brings out the most interesting characters, doesn’t it? For example, imagine that you’re taking a walk in the woods on a cool moonlit evening, when you happen to stumble upon a stranger there amongst the tree’s creaking limbs. He seems harmless enough …a lonesome fellow traveler… but his ensuing request to “take a walk” with him opens up a world far more disturbing than you could ever imagine. The pair of stories in this episode have been masterfully performed by Otis Jiry, our resident master stor...

When we think of what it means to be imprisoned, we imagine the tangible: stone walls, iron bars… armed guards… Yet, these are not the true keys to apprehension and imprisonment… In fact, we submit that the best way to confine a person may be through coercion, fear and intimidation. What better way to accomplish these goals than violating the laws of nature to manipulate the situation supernaturally, thereby, confusing your prey and prohibiting them from comprehending what is happening around them. Thus, th...

This episode is dedicated to a writer and performer named Emma Froh, known to many online as CreepMissPasta. She was a friend of and contributor to the show for years before leaving this earth as the result of a car accident on icy roads on 12/6/2014, two years ago to the date of the release of this episode, at only 22 years of age. This talented, generous artist is dearly missed here at Simply Scary. But instead of merely brooding that she is gone, we intend to celebrate the quality work she left behind wi...